Storm Thorgerson is eternally taking photography to next levels. While doing research today for his recent cover of the Wombats’ This Modern Glitch (see below), I came across this lovely project he is doing for Dark Side Of The Moon. The name of the game is controlled randomness! Chaos in the order. Scroll down for...Read...

This video from Sydney’s WIM creeps through nature, continues with woman, and ends in death and massacre. In 4:20, one takes a quick glimpse into an alternate reality of fog and semi-jungle surroundings which betray an initial sense of familiarity. As they say, “See you on the other side.” Directed by Daniel Askill from Collider.

Strangely, I am most fascinated by the slight patterning to be found on this video for Architecture In Helsinki’s “Escapee.” Other than that, not much happens; the video’s appeal lies in the fact that it is shot like a dreary Nordic drama, and it’s more like an advertisement for you to go watch Architecture In...Read...

It is my belief that to comment thoroughly on an album, it takes at least five full, uninterrupted listens within a 10-day period. Appropriately, I am sitting down to write my comments on Original Sin, the 2011 INXS reinvention/ tribute album, after my fifth complete listen. I read the press release, describing the making of...Read...

If you’re expecting a traditional dance party from Australia’s My Disco, you’re expecting wrong. My Disco takes the tasteful, throbbing repetition used so well by bands like Clinic — or more recently, Suuns — and amps up the percussive elements tenfold, while deconstructing the songwriting into minimal bits. My Disco is the drum circle, Psychic...Read...

Australian Jonathan Boulet has this cheerful little song entitled “A Community Service Announcement.” The video is generally celebratory, with men flailing wildly in and enjoying nature. They’re all faceless, though, with glitched out bits of color for skin and props. Perhaps that’s the portion that actually makes this video interesting at all, but it does...Read...

In no time at all, the Decibel Festival in Seattle has apparently become one of the premier all-things-electronic festivals in the nation. Most electronic music isn’t really my bag; year in, year out, I know maybe one or two of the international acts that descend upon Seattle during Decibel Festival. This year, I knew Ben...Read...

Mao’s Last Dancer Director: Bruce Beresford Australia, 2009 Based on his bestselling autobiography, the dramatized story of Li Cunxin escaping from Communist China is not a particularly unique one. Handpicked from a dusty village in rural China, a young Li is forced to abandon his family and attend the most prestigious (and rigorous) arts school...Read...